Specimen ID | 167080 |
Group | Crustaceans-Barnacles |
Genus | Megabalanus |
Species | coccopoma |
Common Name | Titan acorn barnacle |
State | GA |
County | Chatham |
Locality | Atlantic Ocean, on a bouy off Wassaw and Ossabaw Islands |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Ogeechee Coastal |
HUC8 Number | 03060204 |
HUC10 Name | Ossabaw Sound-Atlantic Ocean |
HUC10 Number | 0306020403 |
HUC12 Name | Ossabaw Sound-Atlantic Ocean |
HUC12 Number | 030602040305 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 28 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 2006 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping |
Status | collected |
Comments | The bouy was washed up on Ossabaw Island. Coordinates are where the bouy was deployed in the South Channel of Ossabaw Sound. Native to tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | nation |
Verifier | Fabio Pitombo, Universidade Federal Fluminense, BZ |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Size | 80 mm |